This is based on the Texas Republican Party’s 2012 Platform, excerpts from which you can read here.

The Texas GOP Weighs in on Higher Order Thinking Skills

A magician (or a fancy waiter with a lot of flair)yanks a tablecloth in one fluid motion.Audiences gasp, convincedthe silver and china will be casualtiesof this man’s caprice.

But that’s not the trick,and our man is to be commended–everything remains in place just so,only a little lower.

I am neither waiter nor magician,but a teacher; even so,I take no joy in having to explainthe more obvious metaphors.

So ponder, please, (though of course not critically);I’ll cut to the candid:“Challenging the student’s fixed beliefs”is my life’s calling,not because I don’t respect them,but because I think that someone should.

I am a teacher, and this is what I do.Oppose this work,and I am a revolutionary, too.

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BIO

Daniel Muro LaMere is a teacher and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He writes about music at thisistheshuffler.wordpress.com.

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Most of what appears here is poetry, with some essays and other writings. All work should be considered the intellectual property of Daniel Muro LaMere and copyrighted as such. The author knows zero about intellectual property law, but is married to an attorney, so watch it.